Last week, all 30 MLB teams opened up the 2023 baseball season. The worlds greatest players show their stuff every day on the diamonds across America as the new season rallies on. Their pinnacle of success just didnt happen by chance. It began whenever their Dad got them a glove and/or a bat and it all began.

U.S. Marine Jim Hyland

That could be as early as 5 years old or even younger.

Some of these kids are truly blessed with what is called Natural Ability. You can see it instantly. The kid may have it, but it has to be nurtured and developed year by year. This is where it all begins with a role model we call the COACH.

The crack of the bat across the country signals its time for thousands of kids to begin playing the great game at all levels. Of course, this includes Leagues such as these: Little League (8-12), Babe Ruth (13-15), American Legion (16-18), High School, College and Stan Musial Baseball (18+).

Success at any of these levels begins with the key to the door THE COACH and MANAGER.

Curt Clevengers Facebook post thanking his coaches.

When anyone accepts the responsibility of coaching or managing a baseball team at the youth level, chances are they may not have any idea what goes with the job. Trust me, whatever it is, it can give you a feeling of appreciation, OR, you may ask yourself in frustration, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? Remember, the parents are watching.

Its more than just showing up for the practice or the game on a Saturday or during the week. When you become manager of a team, you are likely the one person that will touch the players life and could leave an indelible mark that will last a lifetime. Sure, you have to know the game, the fundamentals, the rules and how to handle 15 players each differently. Theres good reason for that because each player on your team and this includes parents, who are looking at you as a person who has control of their children and expect fairness and wisdom.

For me, I was lucky. For 22 years, I was privileged to have managed fine players at all age levels from Little League to the young men of Stan Musial Baseball (18+). My focus was simple. My Recipe for Success was first and foremost, they will learn the fundamentals and love and respect the game.

My Ashland State Musical Team Kentucky 1988 State Champions

However, along with that, the manager or coach should be keeping fresh ideas, always being positive, having vivid imagination while using strong leadership.

Another facet of my success was stressing teamwork while answering all the challenges. It doesnt come easy, but when it does, you will know. One of the major requirements for the manager or the coach they definitely should possess strong communications skills. Your approach to talking to your players will differ obviously with the age level of your players. Always remember to be a good communicator; you have to be a good listener. It helps to also learn how to read facial expressions.

A Coach must be able to communicate with the players at any time; whether it be instructional or just informally.

There will be the good times, and there will be times of dismay. Yet, the players will look to you for the answers and your support. Remember, the team is like a family.

Curt Clevengers plaque from his players

The manager or coach is the patriarch who meshes the team together while teaching them how to win, but also to remember to have fun. Sometimes, as a strong role model, some of your skills can be used off the field of play or in the dugout. In fact, many players look up to their manager or coach for direction and guidance.

At the Stan Musial level where I managed young men for a 10-year period, our record was 208-79 while winning 6 League Titles and 2 State Championships. In Babe Ruth play (13-15) our team won the League Championship 5 times from 1980 through 1988. The 1987 Team finished 29-3 while winning the Triple Crown which included winning the League, the Invitational Tournament, and the prestigious Shrine Tournament in West Virginia. My final team of 1988 finished 23-4 while winning the League and Invitational Tourney as well. If you combine my Stan Musials 1988 record of 32-7, my Babe Ruth team of 1987s 29-3 and Babe Ruth team of 1988 it totals to an 84-14 record.

How did that success happen?

The success of all these winning teams was predicated on discipline, focus, desire, and skills. However, the key to it all was the aforementioned communication with the players. Listen to them and talk to them. It works.

Heres a story of one of my players, Jim Hyland.

Jim was a big kid for 15, almost 6 feet and very strong. However, he had some troubles off the field that required my attention. I was a Police Officer at that time and I worked very closely with Jim in addressing his problem and later he even excelled in High School baseball and graduated. Sometime later, Jim came into my office at the Police Department, tapped me on my shoulder and said, Hi Coach! I turned around quickly and it was Jim Hyland who was in complete uniform of the United States Marines.

My last team 1988 League Champions and Invitational Champions

He told me with a huge smile, Coach, you should be proud of me, I was named Best Boot at Paris Island. He had just finished Basic Training. Then he said something that I will never forget, Coach, lunch is on me. I owe you my life. You saved me back when you were my Coach. Thanks for all you did and being there for me.

Today, decades later, Jim and I are still friends and we keep in touch. The center of his life is his young son, Kristian which looks just like him. Jim is doing fine today where he is Director of Veteran Services for the State of Ohio which gives me a huge smile.

What happened between Jim Hyland and me was on the diamond when I was his coach, but also off the diamond when he needed me as well.

Over the years, I have learned a lot about the privilege of coaching. Along with that, you must be firm, gain the respect of your players, and then teach.

Two years ago, one of my former players Curt Clevenger posted on Facebook about his experience while playing for me and also another Coach, French Harmon. The written attached post by Curt touches on the impact that Coach Harmon and I had on him when he was 15. Curt was a Babe Ruth All Star shortstop in 1985 and I was his manager. He had so much talent and skills I jokingly called him Willie McGee a reference to the Saint Louis Cardinals Shortstop.

1987 team finished 29-3 winning the Triple Crown The League, the Invitational Tournament and the Wet Virginia Shrine Tournament.

Willie became the National Leagues 1985 Most Valuable Player that season and Curt being a switch hitter, wanted to hit like Willie. He has never forgotten our time together on the diamond nor have I. Curt with all his skills, moved on in life, and today has become a very successful businessman which keeps him very busy demanding much of his time. However, his perpetual love of the game and coaching keeps him just very busy with his WALK OFF SPORTS ACADEMY in Columbus, Ohio. Hundreds of young players flock to this very successful venue to learn the fundamentals of the great game from Curt and a fine staff.

Curts past graduates have moved on to play NCAA college Baseball with their knowledge and skills. In fact, to show their gratitude sometime ago, his students presented him with a wonderful symbol of their gratitude.

The inscription reads to Coach Curt: A Good Coach can change a game, a Great Coach can change a life.

After reading it, a great satisfying feeling came over me along with a huge smile. I understood every word of it. Any Coach that ever there was will tell you, thats what its all about.

Mike Tussey has retired from a 60-plus-year career as a legendary play-by-play announcer for over 2000 football, baseball, and basketball games, including most recently for ESPN+. His career also includes a stint in law enforcement, teaching and coaching, and writing books, including the Touchdown Saints. He grew up in Eastern Kentucky and now lives in Florence with his wife, Jo. He has opened another Door of Opportunity and is now a regular columnist for the NKyTribune.

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EAST LANSING After the pomp and circumstance of her formal welcoming the pep band, the speeches and interviews new Michigan State womens basketball coach Robyn Fralick had a fleeting moment Tuesday to say hello to some of MSUs other coaches, milling around in the Breslin Center Hall of history.

There, Fralick sought out volleyball coach Leah Johnson, whose 3-month-old daughter Rosalind had everyones attention. Nothing pauses the whirlwind of everything else like the presence of a baby.

Fralick and Johnson (and Rosalind) spoke for less than a minute, but there was a kinship, one that had already been formed over the phone last week, before Fralick even took the MSU job.

Six days earlier she had been coaching a different team at another school in an actual game. Her entire life existed in a different community. Fralick had reached out to Johnson as she weighed whether to uproot her family and move them to this community.

She was asking me a lot about family: Is this a place that your kids are happy? Is your husband happy? Does the community welcome you? Do you feel like you can have a little balance in your life? Johnson recalled.

Johnson had been through it all a year earlier choosing to leave a smaller Division I program in a nearby state for MSU. It might seem like a no-brainer decision, but Fralick at Bowling Green, like Johnson at Illinois State, had a good thing going and other options.

What shell find at Michigan State is camaraderie. A core of coaches relatively new to MSU, of a similar age and place in their careers and life. A group that will largely determine the trajectory of MSU athletics beyond football and mens basketball: Fralick, Johnson, hockey coach Adam Nightingale, softball coach Sharonda McDonald-Kelley and womens soccer coach Jeff Hosler, all in their late 30s and early 40s, all relatively recent hires, all but Hosler brought in by still-relatively new athletic director Alan Haller.

It'd be kind of cool if we can make this kind of a full revitalization of the athletic department, Hosler said Thursday. We all came in at the same time and could be here for the next 15-20 years.

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Thats a long time. But thats the dream on days like Tuesday. MSU is a place you can build something and stay. It can be a destination job for successful coaches. Its up to Haller and Co. to make sure it always feels that way, in terms of priority, salary and resources.

Haller didnt hire Fralick, 41, because shes the same age as Johnson, a couple years younger than Nightingale and Hosler, and just a few years older than McDonald-Kelley. But he did want someone who brought energy to the program, to her players and to the athletic department.

If people want to connect that with age, thats up to them, Haller said. Tom (Izzo) brings a lot of energy and hes 68 years old. Youve got to balance (the ability to have) longevity (at MSU) with someone that has had success, thats trending up and is ready for a move.

MSU has a number of established coaches a decade or so older than this new wave, a group thats been around a while and enjoyed varying degrees of success. And then theres Izzo, who was MSUs head mens basketball coach when Fralick was playing high school basketball at Okemos. He was a star when she was a fan. Fralick was glad to get Izzos endorsement which Izzo gave Haller before she was hired.

You can see what Haller is trying to do with these recent coaching moves, all of which, other than Hosler, have occurred during his short tenure. The success of an athletic director is bluntly measured, first and foremost, by the success of the school's football coach. Haller led the hiring of Mel Tucker. Hes tied to him. At some point down the road, Haller might have to find Izzos replacement. That would be a large part of his legacy, too. But a successful athletic department is more than football and mens hoops. And being a healthy, well-rounded and competitive athletics operation has become a priority. Expectations have been raised. Resources enhanced. New blood brought in where vigor was needed. Womens basketball the latest program to feel that jolt.

Fralick fits the bill her career is on the ascent, having won big at Division-II Ashland (104-3 in three seasons) and having turned Bowling Green from Mid-American Conference doormat to contender in five seasons. Shes coming home. She grew up going to games at Breslin. She starred a few miles down the road at Okemos. She trained at the same club as Hosler (who grew up in East Lansing), though they didnt know each other personally. She seems like a great hire.

But Tuesday she was also a mother of a 9- and 6-year-old and a wife and a new employee trying to get her bearings.

We were playing six days ago, Fralick said, looking amazed and how quickly life had changed.

She and her husband, Tim, and children, Will and Clara, planned to begin trying to find a house Wednesday.

I know what its like, Nightingale said, coming off his first season as MSUs hockey coach.

He sent Fralick a text after she was hired, congratulating her, letting her know that he and his family and staff were available if she needed anything.

I remember I was in Germany for three and a half weeks for world championships, we lose the gold medal game, Alan calls me, I get the job. We fly back the next day maybe it was a week later, we did this, Nightingale said, Its crazy.

I think when you have kids ... and you see a young family, you know what their family has gone through moving and mom being away or dad being away. And so I think there's that bond right off the bat. This is a family commitment. And I just think the whole athletic department, it's unique here, like that it is a family and there aren't egos. And as Im growing as a coach, I can go and ask questions to any coach on campus and they'll come into our offices to do the same thing.

Johnson answered Fralicks questions about MSU as only someone whos been through it can. She knew Fralick already had the skills and understanding to juggle her life and create boundaries where theyre needed.

But its great to hear it reaffirmed, that those who support you, support that, as well, Johnson said.

Michigan State, part of the reason you come here is because of the camaraderie, she continued. Like when you see all the administrators hanging around and people don't want to leave (Fralicks introduction shindig), they just linger and chitchat. There's such a friendship and a kinship here.

I do think (theres a bond) especially with those of us who are going through the stage in our life with young kids, because we can celebrate and commiserate all together, and we know the challenges that you can't always explain to others with all the travel or trying to be both places or working through the guilt, but also being able to reframe it and see it as an exceptional experience you can give your kids.

"I'm excited about meeting Robyn's family and our kids playing together and going to each other's games, seeing them all in the stands. Like, its pretty cool.

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Story Links TUCSON, Ariz. Arizona Volleyball head coach Charita Stubbs has announced that Ryan Windisch will join the team as an assistant coach. Windisch joins Arizona's staff after spending the past five years at Irvine Valley College coaching the Women's Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball, and Men's Volleyball teams."I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to join Rita's first staff here at Arizona," said Windisch. "She is the true definition of Arizona Volleyball and I look forward to helping her vision come to life!"During his time at Irvine Valley, Windisch led the women's and men's volleyball teams to conference championships and state championship matches. Most recently, he coached the women's volleyball team to the 2022 Orange Empire Conference championship and was named the 2022 Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year. He also led the men's volleyball team to a third-place finish at the State level in 2022.In 2021, Windisch coached the men's volleyball team to the Orange Empire Conference championship and earned the Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year award.Windisch led both the women's and men's volleyball teams to State CCCAA runner-up finishes in 2019. In his first year at Irvine Valley, he coached the women's volleyball squad to the 2017 California Community College State Championship.Prior to joining Irvine Valley's volleyball programs, Windisch was the head coach at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and the men's volleyball head coach at Golden West College. He is also the USA Women's National Team Volunteer Practice Coach.Windisch graduated from Long Beach State in 2015, where he was the starting libero on the men's volleyball team.

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St. John's graduate now a part of three championship teams on UConn staff

Tom Moore was ordering a large coffee from Starbucks Wednesday afternoon and looking forward to a great nights sleep, but, some 36 hours after the University of Connecticut mens basketball team captured the national championship, obviously was still exhilarated.

UConn defeated San Diego State, 76-59, Monday night in Houston, and amidst the swirling confetti in the postgame celebration, players, coach Dan Hurley and his assistants wore nets around their necks, took turns hoisting the trophy, and proudly held up five fingers to acclaim the programs fifth national championship.

Moore, who grew up in Millbury, graduated from St. Johns High, and is in the fifth season of his second stint on the Huskies coaching staff, has been part of three of them.

It feels great, Moore said in a phone interview.

The 57-year-old Moore, whose first head coaching job was at Worcester State, spent 13 seasons (1994-2007) on former UConn coach Jim Calhouns staff and helped guide the Huskies to their first two national titles, in 1999 and 2004.

All three (national title teams he has been part of) were really different, Moore said. In 1999, there was the pressure for Coach Calhoun to make a Final Four. He had been considered probably the best coach in college basketball to that point not to make a Final Four. It was such a relief that year just winning the Elite 8 game. Winning it all was just the cherry on the top.

UConn entered the 99 final against Duke as a 10-point underdog and won, 77-74.

The 2004 team, considered a front-runner most of the year, overcame some injuries, peaked down the stretch, and beat Georgia Tech, 82-73 in the final.

This years team started 14-0, dipped in January, and dominated its NCAA Tournament competition, winning six games by an average margin of 20 points.

The thing about this team that was different from the other two, Moore said, is Ive never been around a team where all eight players in the rotation were playing well throughout the whole month of March. Ive never seen anything like it.

They were all super comfortable in their roles, Moore added, and they were on a hot streak the whole month. They went into every practice and every game with a confidence and a swagger, and feeling good about how they were playing. It was like this magic carpet ride. They looked like the team they were in November and December again.

Earlier on Wednesday, Moore joked with graduate guard Joey Calcaterra and junior guard Andre Jackson that he wished there was another regional to go to next week.

It was that type of group of guys, Moore said. You wanted to keep coaching them.

Freshman forward Alex Karaban of Southborough, who started all but one game in 2022-23 and was a solid contributor all season, averaged 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in the NCAA tourney.

In the final, Karaban, who starred for one season at Algonquin Regional, had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.

To get that consistency and poise out of a first-year player is amazing, said Moore, who had an important role in recruiting Karaban.

This season, Karaban led the Huskies in minutes (1,129).

Hes just that valuable, Moore said. You didnt want to take him off the floor.

Moore, who left UConn after the 2006-07 season to take over at Quinnipiac, where he led the Bobcats for 10 years, shared the 2004 national title with former Holy Cross coach George Blaney, who was a UConn assistant from 2000-13. Their relationship goes back to Moores youth, when he attended Blaneys HC basketball camp.

After Mondays game, Hurley, who played for Blaney for two seasons at Seton Hall, thanked his former coach.

Two games into his junior season, Hurley left the Seton Hall team, taking a personal leave of absence and unsure if he would play basketball again. When Blaney took over as Seton Hall coach the next year, he convinced Hurley to return.

Dan credits Coach Blaney for saving his basketball life, Moore said, for helping him relocate his passion for the game. Coach Blaneys touch and his compassion and his understanding came into Dans life, from a basketball perspective, when he needed someone like that the most. Knowing what a caring person Coach Blaney is, someone who understands the game and what the game can do for people and the redeeming power of the game, its not surprising.

Moore hasnt yet spoken to Blaney since UConns win Monday night, but he will. Moore received a congratulatory text from Blaneys son, Brian.

The Huskies returned to Storrs Tuesday afternoon, and fans welcomed them back to Gampel Pavilion with a national championship rally. Among those in attendance was Calhoun.

Dan has done a great job bringing him into the fold and having him talk to the team, Moore said.

There will be a victory parade in downtown Hartford Saturday.

Its been really good winning and going on a run like this, Moore said. It gets people so excited. Thats the best part of it.

Contact Jennifer Toland at jennifer.toland@telegram.com. Follow her on Twitter @JenTolandTG.

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Janelle Brown from Sister Wives is by far one of the most relatable stars on the show. The second wife of Kody Brown has always been surprising with her ability to talk her husband off a ledge. Through all the polygamous family's moves and issues, Janelle was the calmest of the bunch, often lending some good advice to the rest of the group.

Sister Wives' Janelle Brown came across as cold to the other wives most of the time, but she was a friendly face in the Brown family. Janelle married Kody in 1993 after divorcing Adam Barber, who happened to be Meri's brother. Even though Janelle and Kody are step-siblings, she never accepted anything but an equal partnership with her husband. Janelle is a hard worker with a special knack for numbers. She was often found balancing her and Kody's checkbook, while crunching numbers for upcoming ventures. Janelle was one of the few sister wives to leave the family homestead and go to work. Her personality made her relatable and helped the show soar in ratings.

Janelle's independence is something to be admired. Since the spunky blonde first appeared on Sister Wives, she's had a love of being able to do things on her own. Even though she lived in the same home with Meri and Christine Brown during the early seasons, she rarely asked for help and assistance. Even though Kody at one point also favored Janelle, she never leaned on him for much. Janelle's career was an immense help to put her ahead of Kody's other spouses. When she moved to Las Vegas, she also decided to get her real estate license.

Before Kody and Janelle went their separate ways, Janelle decided to give herself roots on Coyote Pass by buying a luxury RV. Even though Kody was livid, he wasn't consulted about the major decision. Janelle stood her ground and claimed that she wanted to live on the land they owned, noting that since no one else was making a move, she would be the first. In many ways, Janelle was a pioneer of the family, paving the way for other members to go off the grid too.

Janelle has come across as one of the most hardworking members of the Sister Wives clan. It's easy to relate to the mother of six, since Janelle is a career-oriented working mother. Nowadays, more women are choosing a career over staying home with their children. This admirable trait that Janelle possesses, which makes the working mother relatable.

The Sister Wives star has worked all her life and has often been the only other breadwinner for the large polygamous family. Along with her real estate license, Janelle has had a few other side hustles that have kept her extremely busy. She works with Christine to promote Plexus and their supplement drinks. Janelle is doing the best out of all the Browns, as she's reached the diamond level. Janelle also launched her own life coaching business called Strive with Janelle, where she updates subscribers about healthy living and encourages others to join her.

Janelle has six children, Logan, Hunter, Gabe, Garrison, Madison, and Savanah Brown. Without a doubt, Janelle is one proud mom, which is easy for Sister Wives viewers to relate to. In the latest season, Janelle made it perfectly clear that she would not only always choose her children over Kody, but also her dogs. One major issue showed Janelle clashing with Kody and his strict COVID-19 rules. Instead of kicking their sons out as the father of 18 wanted, Janelle allowed her children to stay in her home rent-free.

Not only is Janelle a good mom, but she's a wonderful grandmother. Janelle now has three grandchildren, Axel, Evie, and Joey. The Sister Wives star often goes to her daughter Madison's home in North Carolina to lend a helping hand or spend some quality time with her grandchildren. Janelle's strong sense of family allows followers to resonate with her, and shows that she has a big heart.

Even though Kody may have dubbed Janelle as disloyal after she went against his rules regarding the worldwide pandemic, the Plexus pusher is always loyal to a fault. Janelle has made it her mission to remain friends with Kody's third wife Christine after they separated in November 2021. The two women have gotten together for birthdays, holidays, and babies' births.

Janelle was also extremely loyal to Kody for years. When no other wife would support his endeavors, Janelle stepped up to be the patriarch's sounding board. Janelle would often try to reason with Kody and lead him in a direction that would be mutually beneficial for the entire family. Throughout the years, Janelle often put herself out on the line for Kody, who never seemed to appreciate her or her fidelity.

Sister Wives star Janelle loves to connect with nature. After spending almost two years inside due to the coronavirus, Janelle's love of the outdoors is relatable. The mother of six often posts about her hiking trips, as Arizona boasts some of the best trails in the nation. Janelle often comes off as a hippie, which makes sense since she was born in 1969. She allows people to connect with her by being a free spirit much more easily than some of the other wives.

Sister Wives season 16 showed Janelle trying to grow her own vegetables in her garden in an attempt to eat healthier even though she lives in a desert. She was hoping to make the garden more sustainable by having her own farm-to-table menus with items she could pluck from the greenhouse. Janelle's ambition to connect with "Mother Earth" has been admired for seasons, as it seems like her interests have kept her extremely grounded, especially through trying times.

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Including brand new songs Acting Different featuring Netflixs Rhythm & Flow contestant Beanz as well as The Bunker, public speaker turned Hip-Hop spoken word artist Mister Motivation delivers the Deluxe Version of his Summer 2022 body of work The Audio Collection. Written and composed by M.M., Keith Jones, Joshua Beltre, and Sir Dominique Jordan, the project was productions duties were handled by Blair The MACHINE and fellow Pennsylvania based creative Terian Mack.

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One month before winning the St. Louis Marathon, Steven Stallis was in Japan running the Tokyo Marathon as part of his goal to finish all six of the worlds major events.

It was just weeks earlier that St. Louis womens champion Sadie Smith ran in a marathon in North Carolina as part of her incessant pursuit of new goals in all 50 states.

The two local runners have different approaches to an often lonely sport but have achieved significant levels of success beyond their first wins in last weekends Go! St. Louis race.

Smith will continue to run marathons at least once a month. Smith won the St. Louis Marathon womens race in 2 hours, 58 minutes, 29 seconds.

Stallis, who won the St. Louis Marathon in 2:32:35, could be done with competition for the year.

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Sadie Smith crosses the finish line Sunday to complete her first Go! St. Louis Marathon win.

The blueprint for Smith started with the goal of doing a marathon in every state and then continued to expand.

I think there are two camps, she said. There are runners who train hard for one or two races a year and some who run a marathon every month. Its a lot more motivating for me to have a race every month to look forward to. Its what keeps me going. You keep finding new goals.

After completing the 50 states, she sought to break four hours in every state. Then came running the Boston Marathon womens qualifying time (3:40) in every state, breaking 3 hours, hitting the mens Boston qualifying time (3:10), and finally breaking three hours.

She has endured the massive volume to run 92 marathons in nine years.

Stallis ran his first marathon in 2017 and quickly adopted a plan to run in the six majors, which include Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo and London. The latter remains his last pursuit.

This became the big focus. Jumping in, the first couple I didnt run fast or well, he said. Then I ran well in New York and was 92nd, and I thought This is cool to be top 100 in a world major. So I thought, can I do it in Boston and Tokyo? Instead of just running them, it became how well I could do.

Stallis ran a personal record of 2:24:48 in Tokyo. He now awaits the dumb luck of a lottery to get into the field for London.

The experiences described by both runners about the St. Louis race were remarkably similar for two people who didnt run together and dont know each other.

The course was more difficult than might be imagined. Running with the lead was a challenge without knowing what was happening behind you. Other than the lack of scenic terrain, there was a complete absence of fans along most of the course.

And as leads dwindled for Smith and Stallis, both found that they were not finishing at their best.

I kind of fell apart pretty bad, Smith said.

I was falling apart a little bit, Stallis said in a separate conversation. Being in your own head for 20 miles is grueling.

Smith said she fully expected to be passed, ultimately seeing a 3 -minute lead shrink to less than a minute at the end. Stallis led for 20 miles and was equally uncertain, seeing a 2 -minute lead dwindle to 40 seconds.

Now, he must wait. He qualified for the first five majors he ran, but London fills the field with a lottery. Hes entered the lottery every year since 2018 and is contemplating other goals while he waits.

He would like to break the 2:20 mark. He talks with restraint about the Olympic Trials qualifying time of 2:18.

Ive dropped 15 minutes, so Im close to 2:20, he said. The Trials qualifier would be crazy. I dont know if realistically I can do that, but its something to think about. Six minutes is a chunk of time (to improve). Its a huge stretch.

At 31, Stallis doesnt believe he has peaked. Smith, 44, is of the same belief.

She has raised the bar for herself with each accomplishment reached. She achieved her goal of breaking 3 hours in every state last year.

There are states she will need to repeat to break three hours in all 50, a feat she has realized in 18 states so far. She has been able to get under that time by adding strength training and working with a personal coach.

When I just do my thing, Im pretty consistent, she said. I was a really consistent 3 -hour marathoner and made changes two years ago and became consistent around 2:58. I can come within five minutes of that on any course.

Neither runner has moved into the world of ultra running yet, although Smith said she will run her first 50K at the end of April. Stallis said longer distances could be in his future, but for now, hell stick to his maintenance training, doing around 90 miles per week.

Im on a good trajectory, he said. I keep getting faster, so Ill train and see where it takes me.

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Walt Hunting and Marv Heikkinen were legendary coaches and teachers at Denfeld High School.

Thats why their names are on the proposal to rename Public Schools Stadium to Walt Hunting Stadium Marv Heikkinen Field.

Hunting was a WWI veteran, who coached from 1927-1955.

Joe Vukelich, Denfeld alum, historian, and member of the Re-Naming Committee, explained, One day, in 1935, they came running out. And somebody yelled, here comes Huntings hunters. And thats how the Hunters came to be.

Hunting died in 1957.

Heikkinen, who is 85, is tied with Hunting as the All-Time Winning Coach. He was also an innovative teacher.

He created two curriculums that are still taught here, and hes been retired for 30 years, explained Vukelich.

More importantly, historians said, they were and are wonderful and humble role models who cared about their players and the students.

But the renaming is just the start, with plans to honor other athletes and people whove made an impact at Denfeld.

Stadiums are a meaningful thing for a lot of people. We understand that. We know people are going to want to have a voice, shared Tim Doyle, another Denfeld alum and member of the Re-Naming Committee.

Doyle said theyve worked with the district and current Denfeld students on this project. Plus theyve reached out to Morgan Park and Central alumni as well.

Four schools used to play at PSS: Denfeld, East, Central, and Morgan Park. But now, with Central and Morgan Park closed, and East having its own field, its Denfelds main home now.

If you want to reach out about people youd like to see honored, please email:

heritageofpss@gmail.com

You can submit name ideas to the school district through April 10th. After that, the Business Services department will review all name change submissions and make a decision on which name to move forward. Then they would create a naming rights agreement that would be sent to the School Board as a recommendation for approval.Its expected to be in front of the school board in May.

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Mahindra Group Chairman shared a video that will inspire you to build your future.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra is known for sharing quirky and informative posts that attract the attention of social media users. His "Monday Motivation" messages are meant to give his followers a boost on the very first day of the work week. This time, the Mahindra Group Chairman shared a video that will inspire you to build your future.

In the video posted by Mr Mahindra, a man can be seen installing a huge TV screen. He can be seen fitting the tiles one by one as the screen gets completed smoothly.

In the caption, he wrote, "Think of each week as being one more 'tile' that you're installing to build your eventual 'big picture.' One step at a time: That's the most reliable & durable way of building your future...#MondayMotivation"

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The video was originally posted by How Things Work on Twitter. So far, the video has gathered over 3 lakh views. Several social media users shared their viewpoints in the comments section. A user commented, "The idea of thinking of each week as a 'tile' that you're installing to build your eventual 'big picture' is a great way to approach life. It's important to remember that success and progress don't happen overnight, but instead are the result of consistent effort over time."

"Nailed it!! There could not be any other way to present it better. Absolute motivation at the week beginning and 1st working day of the month. Positivity personified," another user wrote.

"I believe this approach also helps build resilience, as it encourages you to persevere through setbacks & continue working toward your goals. Over time, the 'tiles' you install each week will come together to form a bigger, more complete picture of your achievements & progress," the third user wrote.

Earlier, Mr Mahindra posted a Venn diagram that shows where is a person living - in the past, present or future.

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